Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 100 - 1115 m (Ref. 5192). Temperate; 37°S - 67°S
Southern Ocean, South Atlantic, and South Indian Ocean. Argentine shelf/slope from 37°S to the Falklands and Burdwood Bank. Also Kotlyar; Crozet Islands and Prince Edward Island (Ref. 5000). Recorded from Chile (Ref. 27363).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11892)
Inhabit the lower continental shelves with surface-dwelling larvae and juveniles (Ref. 11892).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Heemstra, P.C., 1990. Achiropsettidae. p. 408-413. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5000)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.4 - 5.8, mean 3.3 °C (based on 139 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.54 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2-3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): High to very high vulnerability (74 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 35.3 [15.1, 57.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.311 [0.153, 0.570] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [15.3, 22.4] %; Omega3 = 0.426 [0.222, 0.835] g/100g; Selenium = 23.4 [12.0, 48.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.78 [1.84, 35.15] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.39 [0.27, 0.57] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.